Stakeholder Engagement Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Stakeholder Engagement skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 36 92
Rank change year-on-year +12 +56 +37
Contract jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement 159 103 33
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.53% 5.53% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.54% 5.89% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 81 25
10th Percentile £375 £425 £378
25th Percentile £481 £490 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.91%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £788 £787 £745
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% -12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.25 - -
Median hourly rate £74.50 - -
75th Percentile £76.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £66.71 - £27.81

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

Stakeholder Engagement falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,108 1,750 1,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 86.61% 93.93% 91.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,426 1,133 1,334
10th Percentile £370 £338 £363
25th Percentile £455 £434 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £565
% change year-on-year - -2.65% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 19
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £19.63
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.36
Median hourly rate £20.25 £31.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.68% +14.81% -22.86%
75th Percentile £42.56 £56.75 £55.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £63.75 £101.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £27.81
% change year-on-year -28.74% +16.86% -20.54%

Stakeholder Engagement
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Stakeholder Engagement relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Stakeholder Engagement job vacancy trend in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Stakeholder Engagement in the City of London

Stakeholder Engagement
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Stakeholder Engagement

Stakeholder Engagement
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Stakeholder Engagement within the City of London region over the 6 months to 18 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £550 -
Stakeholder Engagement
Central London

Stakeholder Engagement
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.77%) Confluence
1 6 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.26%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.63%) Apache
3 1 (0.63%) CMS
3 1 (0.63%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.52%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.26%) Aladdin
2 2 (1.26%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.63%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.63%) Loan IQ
3 1 (0.63%) Maximo
3 1 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle E-Business Tax
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.63%) SAP FI-AR
3 1 (0.63%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.63%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.63%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 34 (21.38%) Azure
2 26 (16.35%) Power Platform
3 18 (11.32%) AWS
4 9 (5.66%) GCP
4 9 (5.66%) SaaS
5 7 (4.40%) Microsoft Copilot
6 6 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (2.52%) Snowflake
8 4 (2.52%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.89%) Amazon Bedrock
9 3 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.89%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (1.89%) GitHub
9 3 (1.89%) Serverless
10 2 (1.26%) Amazon SageMaker
10 2 (1.26%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.52%) Network Security
2 2 (1.26%) DNS
2 2 (1.26%) LAN
2 2 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (1.26%) VPN
2 2 (1.26%) WAN
2 2 (1.26%) Wireless
3 1 (0.63%) Cisco IPT
3 1 (0.63%) Firewall
3 1 (0.63%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.63%) NAS
3 1 (0.63%) PSTN
3 1 (0.63%) SAN
3 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.63%) VLAN
3 1 (0.63%) VoIP
3 1 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (11.95%) Power BI
2 9 (5.66%) Metadata
3 6 (3.77%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.89%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (1.26%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.26%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.26%) Tableau
6 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.63%) Big Data
6 1 (0.63%) DataStage
6 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.63%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.63%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 16 (10.06%) JIRA
2 4 (2.52%) GitLab
3 2 (1.26%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.63%) Git
4 1 (0.63%) JDeveloper
4 1 (0.63%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.63%) JUnit
4 1 (0.63%) Mockito
4 1 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.63%) Selenium
General
1 71 (44.65%) Social Skills
2 59 (37.11%) Finance
3 34 (21.38%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (18.24%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.81%) Banking
6 9 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.52%) Police
9 3 (1.89%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.89%) Front Office
9 3 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.89%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.89%) Marketing
9 3 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.89%) Retail
10 2 (1.26%) Legal
10 2 (1.26%) Local Government
10 2 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (16.98%) Analyst
2 23 (14.47%) Architect
3 20 (12.58%) Lead
4 17 (10.69%) Project Manager
5 16 (10.06%) Business Analyst
5 16 (10.06%) Senior
6 9 (5.66%) Data Analyst
6 9 (5.66%) Data Architect
7 8 (5.03%) Consultant
8 6 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (3.77%) Developer
8 6 (3.77%) Security Architect
9 5 (3.14%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 5 (3.14%) Change Manager
9 5 (3.14%) Data Engineer
9 5 (3.14%) Security Manager
9 5 (3.14%) Strategy Architect
9 5 (3.14%) Strategy Manager
10 4 (2.52%) Cloud Engineer
10 4 (2.52%) Data Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.52%) PySpark
2 2 (1.26%) .NET
2 2 (1.26%) Playwright
2 2 (1.26%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.26%) scikit-learn
2 2 (1.26%) Spring
2 2 (1.26%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.26%) TensorFlow
2 2 (1.26%) XML
3 1 (0.63%) EDI
3 1 (0.63%) JSON
3 1 (0.63%) Kafka
3 1 (0.63%) Middleware
3 1 (0.63%) Next.js
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.63%) Pandas
3 1 (0.63%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.63%) RESTful
3 1 (0.63%) Spring MVC
3 1 (0.63%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.55%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.66%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.14%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.52%) AI Agents
4 4 (2.52%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.26%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.26%) Fixed Income
6 2 (1.26%) Reference Data
7 1 (0.63%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.63%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.63%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.63%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.89%) Linux
1 3 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (28.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 42 (26.42%) Agile
3 33 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (20.13%) AI
4 32 (20.13%) Decision-Making
5 28 (17.61%) Analytics
6 25 (15.72%) Migration
6 25 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (14.47%) Business Intelligence
7 23 (14.47%) Roadmaps
8 19 (11.95%) Data Governance
9 18 (11.32%) Requirements Gathering
10 17 (10.69%) Project Delivery
10 17 (10.69%) Project Management
10 17 (10.69%) Validation
11 16 (10.06%) Change Management
11 16 (10.06%) Data Modelling
12 15 (9.43%) CI/CD
13 14 (8.81%) DevOps
13 14 (8.81%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.06%) SQL
2 14 (8.81%) Python
3 4 (2.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (1.89%) Bicep
4 3 (1.89%) C#
4 3 (1.89%) Java
5 2 (1.26%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.63%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.63%) Scala
6 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 28 (17.61%) Security Cleared
2 24 (15.09%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.66%) Degree
4 6 (3.77%) PMP
5 5 (3.14%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.89%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.89%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.26%) CEH
7 2 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.26%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.63%) APMG
8 1 (0.63%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.63%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.63%) IIBA
8 1 (0.63%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.84%) Data Quality
2 14 (8.81%) QA
3 9 (5.66%) PMO
4 8 (5.03%) GDPR
4 8 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (5.03%) NIST
5 5 (3.14%) NCSC
6 4 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.89%) SLA
8 2 (1.26%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (1.26%) GRC
8 2 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (1.26%) PERC
9 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.63%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.63%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.63%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.63%) Solvency II
System Software
1 4 (2.52%) Docker
2 2 (1.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.63%) NFS
Systems Management
1 7 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.14%) Terraform
3 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.26%) Istio
5 1 (0.63%) EMC VPLEX
5 1 (0.63%) Grafana
5 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.63%) vMotion
Vendors
1 35 (22.01%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.29%) Databricks
3 8 (5.03%) SAP
3 8 (5.03%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.52%) Google
4 4 (2.52%) OpenAI
5 3 (1.89%) Oracle
5 3 (1.89%) Remedy
5 3 (1.89%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.26%) BMC
6 2 (1.26%) Cisco
6 2 (1.26%) Informatica
6 2 (1.26%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.26%) VMware
6 2 (1.26%) Workday
7 1 (0.63%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.63%) Meraki
7 1 (0.63%) Planon
7 1 (0.63%) Pure Storage
7 1 (0.63%) Qualtrics